Super Lawyers - Illinois 2012

KEVIN W. DOHERTY

DOHERTY & PROGAR LLC

200 West Adams Street Suite 2220

Chicago, IL 60606

Tel: 312-630-9630

Fax: 312-630-9001 kwd@doherty-progar.com www.doherty-progar.com Kevin W. Doherty focuses all of his efforts on jury trial work and administrative litigation. For the past 30 years, he has practiced in numerous forums throughout the Midwest, handling complex matters in state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Mr. Doherty continues to represent individuals, businesses, not-for-profits, and professionals in a broad range of contested matters involved in civil litigation. He is published on civil procedure, has lectured on complex litigation and trial practice, and is peer-rated as a preeminent attorney with the highest ethical standards. Doherty & Progar LLC has offices in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL

EMPLOYMENT LI TIGATION: DEFENSE

GEMMA B. ALLEN

LADDEN & ALLEN CHARTERED

150 North Michigan Avenue Suite 3600

Chicago, IL 60601

Tel: 312-853-3000

Fax: 312-853-0309 gemmaallen@laddenallen.com www.laddenallen.com Gemma Allen (University of Michigan, J.D.) has been practicing family law for over 25 years, initially as a partner in the Chicago law firms of McDermott, Will & Emery and Pretzel & Stouffer, and has been involved in over 1,000 divorces in Cook, Lake, and DuPage Counties. In 2000, she and her partner opened Ladden & Allen, concentrating on divorce, custody, and mediation. She has lectured and authored for the profession and the public. She was selected by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Chicago and has been repeatedly named by her peers as a Leading Lawyer. Because of her advocacy on family issues, Gemma has appeared on Oprah, CNN’s Talk Back Live, ABC and NBC television, and network radio.

FAMILY LAW
ANDREW P. CORES

ESP, KREUZER, CORES & MCLAUGHLIN, LLP

400 South Country Farm Road Suite 200

Wheaton, IL 60187

Tel: 630-871-1002

Fax: 630-871-0224 acores@ekcmlawfirm.com www.meyerkreuzer.com Andrew P. Cores (Northwestern University, J.D.), managing partner of the family law group at Esp, Kreuzer, Cores & McLaughlin, is a successful litigator and trial lawyer, providing insightful advice and representation to professionals and high-net-worth individuals for over 18 years. His experience with business litigation complements his extensive family law experience. Often appointed by judges and hired by private parties as a mediator, Mr. Cores facilitates out-of-court resolutions of complex divorce and family law issues on a regular basis. When an out-of-court settlement cannot be reached, Mr. Cores aggressively pursues and protects his clients’ assets and interests. Mr. Cores is a Fellow with the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois.

BUSINESS LI TIGATION COLLABORATIVE LAW

FAMILY LAW

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EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE THROUGH FAMILY LAW
SUPER LAW YERS / ILLINOIS 2012

MICHAEL J. MERRICK

MERRICK LAW FIRM LLC

150 North Michigan Avenue Suite 800

Chicago, IL 60601

Tel: 312-269-0200

Fax: 312-269-0800 merrick@merricklawfirm.com www.merricklawfirm.com Mr. Merrick, who has 20 years of employment law experience, founded Merrick Law Firm LLC in 2005 where he is exclusively engaged in the practice of employment law representing executives, professionals, managers, and other employees. He handles matters involving employment agreements, non-competes, severance packages, and the gamut of discrimination and wrongful discharge claims. Mr. Merrick also engages in employment counseling and defense work for small and medium-sized employers in a more responsive and affordable fashion than large firms. He has increasingly devoted a substantial part of his practice to prosecuting ADA, FMLA, and ERISA claims on behalf of employees with disabilities and serious health problems.

EMPLOYMENT & LABOR EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE

EMPLOYMEN T LI TIGATION: PLAINTIFF
MARC J. SIEGEL CAFFARELLI & SIEGEL LTD. Two Prudential Plaza 180 North Stetson, Suite 3150 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel: 312-540-1230 Fax: 312-540-1231 m.siegel@caffarelli.com www.caffarelli.com
Since co-founding Caffarelli & Siegel in 2002, Marc Siegel
has primarily represented employees in employment disputes.
Mr. Siegel practices all areas of employment negotiation and
litigation and is proud to have run the gamut from negotiating
six-figure severance packages for former executives, to resolving
seven-figure litigation cases on behalf of low-income workers.
Mr. Siegel is a certified mediator and is routinely asked to speak
about employment issues nationwide. He has been recognized
on the 2012 Illinois Super Lawyers Top 100 list, has been named
to Illinois Super Lawyers for four straight years, and was named
as one of the Top Forty under 40 in 2011. In September 2011, his
firm opened its San Francisco office.

EMPLOYMEN T & LABOR GENERAL LI TIGATION

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF

MARGARET A. BENNETT

BENNETT LAW FIRM, LLC

2015 Spring Road Suite 720

Oak Brook, IL 60523

Tel: 630-573-8800

Fax: 630-573-9810 margaret.bennett@lawbennett.com www.lawbennett.com Margaret Bennett currently serves as chairperson of the DuPage County Family Law and Practice Committee. She has been nominated by other attorneys as a Leading American Attorney and as an Illinois Leading Attorney in the area of family law. She has been voted by Martindale-Hubbell as a preeminent lawyer. She received legislative appointment to the Family Law Study Committee of the State of Illinois and has also been appointed to serve as a Member of the 2011-2012 Family Law Section Council for ISBA. Recently, Ms. Bennett was appointed to serve on the Illinois Child Support Advisory Committee, which is charged with the responsibility of reviewing the child support guidelines and making recommendations to the state legislature.

FAMILY LAW
JEFFREY W. BREND LEVIN & BREND, P.C. 20 North Wacker Drive Suite 2920 Chicago, IL 60606 Tel: 312-726-4440 Fax: 312-726-0029 j.brend@levinbrend.com www.levinbrend.com
Jeffrey W. Brend is a Principal of the nationally recognized
family law, forensic accounting, and business valuation practice
Levin & Brend, P.C. in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Brend is a forensic
divorce attorney who has been featured in Fortune magazine,
Newsweek, and the Sky Radio Network as one of America’s
Premier Lawyers. He is the only person in the country who is
a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
a Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers,
Accredited Business Valuator with AICPA, and a Certified
Fraud Examiner. Mr. Brend has been named a LexisNexis
Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney and named in the
2007-2012 Illinois Super Lawyers list.

COLLABORATIVE LAW BUSINESS LITIGATION

FAMILY LAW

GUNNAR J. GITLIN

THE GITLIN LAW FIRM, P. C.

663 East Calhoun Street Woodstock, IL 60098

Tel: 815-338-9401

Fax: 815-338-9403
scardin@gitlinlawfirm.com
www.gitlinlawfirm.comANNEMARIE E. KILL AVERY CAMERLINGO KILL, LLC 218 North Jefferson Street Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60661 Tel: 312-648-9707 Fax: 312-648-9713 akill@averycamerlingokill.com www.averycamerlingokill.com
Annemarie Kill, named one of the Top 50 Women in Illinois
Super Lawyers for the past two years, is skilled at determining
the best way to obtain success for her clients. Clients define
winning in different ways, and Ms. Kill critically analyzes each
case in order to achieve each client’s unique goals. She has
extensive experience in the complex financial aspects of
divorce, including the division of retirement benefits. Ms. Kill
is a member of the Leading Lawyers Network, Mensa, the
Illinois State Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association,
The Chicago Bar Association, and the National Employment
Lawyers Association. She has successfully litigated cases
before the Illinois Appellate Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of
Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

EMPLOYMEN T LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF COLLABORATIVE LAW

FAMILY LAW

Mr. Gitlin is the principal of The Gitlin Law Firm, P.C., in Woodstock, Illinois, a firm exclusively devoted to family law. He has lectured nationally and throughout Illinois for organizations including the Law Education Institute, the IICLE, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and its Illinois Chapter, the American Bar Association, and the Illinois State Bar Association. Gunnar Gitlin’s publications include three chapters in IICLE handbooks. Mr. Gitlin is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2007 through 2011. He is a fellow of the AAML and is Vice President of the Illinois Chapter. Mr. Gitlin is a member of the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association, the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.